TY - JOUR AU - Fernandes, Ricardo M. AU - Cary, Maria AU - Duarte, Gonçalo AU - Jesus, Gonçalo AU - Alarcão, Joana AU - Torre, Carla AU - Costa, Suzete AU - Costa, João AU - Carneiro, António Vaz PY - 2017 DA - 2017/04/11 TI - Effectiveness of needle and syringe Programmes in people who inject drugs – An overview of systematic reviews JO - BMC Public Health SP - 309 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Needle and syringe programmes (NSP) are a critical component of harm reduction interventions among people who inject drugs (PWID). Our primary objective was to summarize the evidence on the effectiveness of NSP for PWID in reducing blood-borne infection transmission and injecting risk behaviours (IRB). SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4210-2 DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4210-2 ID - Fernandes2017 ER -